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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Southern Italian : from the personal name Vigorito, an omen name from vigore ‘vigor’ or Old Italian vigorire ‘to draw strength’ (physical, moral, or intellectual), which was particularly popular in the medieval period.
  • Spanish : of uncertain derivation; possibly related to vigor ‘vigor’, ‘strength’.

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